Following the critical acclaim of their eighth studio album Interview Music, out now via Empty Words, Idlewild have now released a stunning acoustic version of their new single There’s a Place For Everything.
Following a summer of festival dates across the country, the quartet will also be gearing up to hit the road once again in November. Tickets are available here.
The album has been a huge success, reaching #22 in the UK Official Album Charts, #11 in the Official Physical Albums Chart and #1 in the Scottish Album Charts, as well as being Idlewild’s sixth top 40 album to date. Combining the trademark off kilter indie-rock sound that made them famous on The Remote Part and 100 Broken Windows with a more mature grace, Idlewild have created a record NMEhas described as, “… their best work in 17 years.”.
Having released singles Dream Variations andSame Things Twice to critical acclaim, the Scottish five-piece have gained impressive support from the likes of Shaun Keaveny and Steve Lamacq atBBC Radio 6, and Vic Galloway and Janice Forsyth at BBC Radio Scotland as well as The Guardian,The Associated Press, NME, Classic Rock Magazine, Clash Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Pop Matters, The Skinny, The List, Under The Radar, Gigwise and many more.
There’s A Place For Everything reflects on the passing of time with playful and somewhat surreal lyrics.Roddy Woomble’s powerfully assured vocals soar effortlessly over the bright, synth-infused melodies creating a sound akin to the likes of Talk Talk and Tears For Fears. The video, directed by Danny Grant, takes inspiration from Ingmar Bergman with a darker and more emotionally fraught, interpretation of the lyrics, but done with subtle humour. Interview Music was released in Spring reaching number 22 in the UK Top 40. Started in Los Angeles following some US dates, the recordings were completed by guitarist Rod Jones and Dave Eringa atPost Electric Studios.
The album features opener and first single, Dream Variations; with its echoing, fever-dream melody, chiming fizzing riff, and vocal harmonies. The record has the indie-rock DNA of the band, but mutated in new and strange ways. Same Things Twice takes the fire of the heavier highlights like A Modern Way Of Letting Go, but carries it with a more mature grace. Then I Almost Didn’t Notice andMount Analogue make for record’s centre-pieces as playful, adventurous and strange – driven by abandon but still loyal to all that you want from Idlewild; not least for Woomble’s lyrics.Having taken a break in 2010 (the previous fifteen years seeing them turn from raucous cult curiosity to chart bothering national treasures) Friendship and the bind of their creativity brought Idlewild back together for 2015’s Everything Ever Written. With it, came critical praise, an album in the top 20, and the band selling out venues as large as they ever had. With new members Luciano Rossi and Andrew Mitchell on board, Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones and drummer Colin Newton felt a renewed sense of purpose. So much so that the week that Everything Ever Written was released, they were already back at the drawing board to start work on what would become the bold step sidewards, acclaimed album Interview Music.
Catch Idlewild live on the following dates:
Saturday 7th September – Dunfermline, Outwith Festival
Friday 27th September – Ullapool, Loopallu (acoustic set)
Friday 15th November – Birmingham, Lunar Weekender Festival
Saturday 16th November – Minehead, Shiiine On Weekender Festival
Sunday 17th November – Gloucester, Guildhall
Monday 18th November – Sheffield, Foundry
Tuesday 19th November – Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre
Thursday 21st November – Inverness, Ironworks
Friday 22nd November – Dundee, Fat Sam’s
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